HBO has released the final trailer for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and it gives viewers our best look yet at the Ashford Meadow tournament.
The tourney, complete with jousting and sword fights aplenty, is the main setting for George R.R. Martin’s novella The Hedge Knight, upon which A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is based. In the novella, newly knighted Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey), also known as “Dunk,” heads to Ashford Meadow to earn some money (and maybe a tad of knightly glory along the way).
On his journey, Dunk encounters Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell), a plucky young boy determined to be his squire. So begins a Westerosi buddy comedy, one with a decidedly lighter tone than either Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon. (Timeline-wise, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms falls between the two.)
But just because A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is a lighter show doesn’t mean Dunk and Egg aren’t in any danger. In fact, Dunk’s in tons of it, because Prince Aerion Targaryen (Finn Bennett) wants his head. You remember the old saying about how every time a Targaryen is born, the gods flip a coin to determine whether they’ll be mad? Well, let’s just say that the coin did not land in Aerion’s favor, and that’s going to complicate things for Dunk once he winds up in Aerion’s crosshairs.
How will they settle their beef? On the battlefield, of course! Check out the full trailer above for teases of the jousts and duels that await in this new Westerosi adventure.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms premieres Jan. 18 at 10 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max.
